Falstaff Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/falstaff/ Dream Research & Education Thu, 12 Oct 2017 00:45:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://bulkeley.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/kb-100x100.png Falstaff Archives | Kelly Bulkeley https://bulkeley.org/tag/falstaff/ 32 32 Dreams and Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor https://bulkeley.org/dreams-shakespeare-merry-wives-windsor/ https://bulkeley.org/dreams-shakespeare-merry-wives-windsor/#respond Thu, 12 Oct 2017 00:45:24 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=3460 Jealous paranoia cannot distinguish between dreaming and waking in one of Shakespeare’s bawdiest works. There are several reasons why “The Merry Wives of Windsor” has generally been considered one of Shakespeare’s minor plays.  It’s an absurd, bawdy farce set in an English country village around 1600, bereft of any epic characters, grand locales, or soaring …

Continue reading "Dreams and Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor"

The post Dreams and Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor appeared first on Kelly Bulkeley.

]]> https://bulkeley.org/dreams-shakespeare-merry-wives-windsor/feed/ 0 Dreams and Shakespeare: Henry IV Part II https://bulkeley.org/dreams-shakespeare-henry-iv-part-ii/ https://bulkeley.org/dreams-shakespeare-henry-iv-part-ii/#respond Tue, 12 Sep 2017 23:58:35 +0000 http://bulkeley.org/?p=3446 To be a king, one must give up sleep and dreams in favor of the ruling duties of waking life. This is the grim truth that animates much of the action in Henry IV Part II.  The second chapter of prince Hal’s transformation into King Henry V contains two of the most vivid references to …

Continue reading "Dreams and Shakespeare: Henry IV Part II"

The post Dreams and Shakespeare: Henry IV Part II appeared first on Kelly Bulkeley.

]]> https://bulkeley.org/dreams-shakespeare-henry-iv-part-ii/feed/ 0 Dreams and Shakespeare: Henry IV Part I https://bulkeley.org/dreams-shakespeare-henry-iv-part/ https://bulkeley.org/dreams-shakespeare-henry-iv-part/#respond Fri, 21 Apr 2017 00:31:27 +0000 https://bulkeley.org/?p=3292 Sleep is both a gentle source of earthly pleasure and a stressful battlefield of military violence in Shakespeare’s stirring portrait of a young Prince. The play opens with Henry IV, the 15th century English King, planning his military strategy against various enemies who are threatening rebellion.  One of the rebel leaders is Henry “Hotspur” Percy, the …

Continue reading "Dreams and Shakespeare: Henry IV Part I"

The post Dreams and Shakespeare: Henry IV Part I appeared first on Kelly Bulkeley.

]]> https://bulkeley.org/dreams-shakespeare-henry-iv-part/feed/ 0